The State Council of Professors has just met and approved the profiles of 900 candidates, including 71 professor candidates and 829 associate professor candidates. This number includes candidates from the two fields of Military and Security.

Thus, there are 11 candidates (2 professor candidates, 9 associate professor candidates) who were not approved by the State Council of Professors in this year's professor and associate professor examination.

After that, the State Council of Professors announced the list of candidates recognized for the title of professor and associate professor in 2025. See details HERE .

In terms of age, Mr. Tran Quoc Trung, 39 years old, is the youngest person to qualify as a professor. He is currently the Deputy Director of Campus II of the Foreign Trade University in Ho Chi Minh City.

Meanwhile, Mr. Do Quang Loc (lecturer at the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi) and Ms. Nguyen Ha Thanh (chief researcher at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology), both born in 1992, currently 33 years old, will be the youngest associate professor in Vietnam in 2025.

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Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son is Chairman of the State Council of Professors for the 2024-2029 term. Photo: State Council of Professors

According to the report of the Office of the State Council of Professors, in 2025, 1,073 candidates submitted applications for recognition of meeting the standards for the titles of professor and associate professor at the basic Councils of Professors.

After that, 1,014 candidates were proposed to be considered for recognition of meeting the standards at 28 Industry and Interdisciplinary Professor Councils.

The Industry and Interdisciplinary Professor Councils continued to meet and considered 911 candidates, including 73 professor candidates and 938 associate professor candidates, who were proposed to the State Professor Council for recognition.

In the final round, 900 candidates received the required number of votes of confidence. The passing rate compared to the total number of candidates who submitted their initial applications to the Basic Professor Councils was 83.88%, of which the passing rate for professor candidates was 71% and for associate professor candidates was 85.2%.

The number of candidates proposed for recognition as professors and associate professors in 2025 has skyrocketed . Compared to 2024, this year, the number of candidates proposed by the Council of Professors to be considered for recognition as meeting the standards for the title of professor and associate professor has skyrocketed.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/chinh-thuc-cong-bo-danh-sach-gs-pgs-nam-2025-giao-su-tre-nhat-39-tuoi-2458759.html